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2,569

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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,569

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Ethnic Population

2,569

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Brazil

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,569

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Speaker Number Trends

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-9.3356,-48.2227

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,269

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Ethnic Population

2,589

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Brazil

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,810 (unchanged, 2016.)

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Speaker number data: (ISA 2000) 1,810 (2000 ISA). Ethnic population: 1,810 (Moore 2006) (2013).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Brazil;

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Native Speakers Worldwide

1,814

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1,814

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All Xerente speak their native language and children are monolingual up to five years of age. Although the Xerente are fluent in Portuguese, the Xerente language is used in all contexts of daily life in the villages.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Brazil, Tocantins state

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Location description

to the east of the Tocantins River, 70km to the north of the city of Palmas, Terra Indigena Xerente and Terra Indigena Funil, in thirty-three villages

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to the east of the Tocantins River, 70km to the north of the city of Palmas, Terra Indigena Xerente and Terra Indigena Funil, in thirty-three villages

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Year of info

2005

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-10.0,-48.1666666667

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